DVD Boxsets - what are the best series at the mo?

[Huguenot]

The telly out here in Asia's appalling, so mostly we watch boxsets.

I've been on Amazon, refilling the coffers and snapped up The Wire, Peep Show, Silent Witness 1, Flight of the Conchords and Prime Suspect 7.

We're through the BBC's (rather limited) collection.

What else should we be getting our teeth into? Stuff from ITV / Ch.4 / Ch. 5 and Sky?

[bigbadwolf]

Don't waste your money on boxsets Huggers. Simply watch them all for free on this link. I'd start off with the shield for gritty drama or give trailerpark boys a shot for comedy.

http://s12.alluc.org/home-news.html

[mightyroar]

Dexter was fab

[SeanMacGabhann]

Deadwood

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Oz

[*Bob*]

Peppa Pig

In The Night Garden

Sing & Sign

[Xena Worried prince]

Carnival (US) - About two opposing forces (one good and one evil) set in the last great recession with stunning visuals, great characters and an intriguing plot... won't say any more but I sat and watched the whole of Season 1 in a weekend then went out and got season 2 (final) to do the same !!!

[Cassius]

Mad Men - seriously good series about advertising in 1950's.

[Huguenot]

That Sing and Sign thing's a bit highbrow for me.

The Shield and Carnival both look groovy. Curb your Enthisasm's a brilliant idea. Dexter's intriguing... Does Oz have any good looking ladies in it? Not that I'm shallow of course.

Isn't Deadwood a Western with Lovejoy? Always had this downer on Westerns since beeing forced to watch them at the age of thirteen on Saturday afternoons by my best mate.

[SeanMacGabhann]

How could I forget that! Good shout Cassius

[Huguenot]

Mad Men was and is brilliant - just finished it! Highly recommended to others!

[Keef]

Deadwood!!!

A quick one (6 episodes) is summer heights high, good Aussie comedy.

Quite enjoyed the first couple of series of Weeds, although it started getting a bit naff by third series.

[SeanMacGabhann]

OZ barely as any women in it at all. I can only think of 2 off the top of my head - but it is set in a maximum security prison for men!

I'm from the same place as you re: westerns. But Deadwood changed that completely - you can practically smell the place and the way it deals with the formation of the federal US is very pertinent today (lots of libertarians complaining about government interference for a start)

And if you think Lovejoy is anything like his antique self, it will be a revelation!

[Huguenot]

In fact, I just added Lovejoy ;-)

[Siduhe]

Battlestar Galactica. S1-4 out on DVD. S5 just finished on Sky (but I haven't yet seen the final ep, so please no spoilers!). Dark, comic, epic, twisted sci-fi.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5939054.ece

[Huguenot]

Okay, I bagged series 1

[Keef]

I have also never been a fan of westerns, but as Sean says, Deadwood is something a bit special. Problem with it is that it just ends, and no conclusion has been made. Rome is good.

[bigbadwolf]

Heads up on the series 'Summer heights' Keef.

[Jeremy]

Birds of a Feather

Father Ted

My Family

[bigbadwolf]

Good God Jeremy, you missed out 'Last of the summer wine'. Disgusting behaviour!

[Jeremy]

Thanks, I forgot about that.

Last of the Summer Wine

Dinner Ladies

My Hero

Brush Strokes

[bigbadwolf]

The Sweeney

The Professionals

Waking the dead

Silent witness

[bon3yard]

Just finished Generation Kill and thoroughly recommend it. More a Mini series really but still a good 5+ hours. Still waiting for Breaking Bad to land on DVD...heard great things about it. The Dad from Malcolm in The Middle plays an Industrial Pharmacist who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and sets about leaving his family a hefty legacy by creating and distributing Weapons grade Street drugs...a man with nothing to lose and all that. Sounds awfully hackneyed but apparently its rather good and one a few Emmys last year.

[SimonM]

have you had "The Singing Detective" & "I, Claudius" from the Beeb? There's also two series of "Rome" of course....

I wish they'd issue "Tutti Frutti" as a box set.

Best of all though, 3 boxed sets of "Heimat" !

[Rolo Tomasi]

Spaced

It's always sunny in Philadelphia

[Cassius]

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